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At the New Yorker
by George Steiner, Robert Boyers

At the New Yorker
by George Steiner, Robert Boyers

At the New Yorker
by George Steiner, Robert Boyers

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God's Spies

on Graham Greene

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a review of Graham Greene's The Human Factor, which was inspired by the case of Kim Philby, a British secret agent who turned out to be a Soviet spy

Steiner, G. (2009). God's Spies. In Steiner, G. At the New Yorker. New Directions, pp. 61-68

its etymological roots

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[...] "What a damn silly profession ours is" (wherein "profession" carries, as always in Greene, the pull of its etymological roots). [...]

just thought this was a cool way of expressing that meaning. referring to Graham Greene's The Human Factor

—p.67 by George Steiner 9 years, 4 months ago

[...] "What a damn silly profession ours is" (wherein "profession" carries, as always in Greene, the pull of its etymological roots). [...]

just thought this was a cool way of expressing that meaning. referring to Graham Greene's The Human Factor

—p.67 by George Steiner 9 years, 4 months ago

Confiteor (en)

(noun) a liturgical form in which sinfulness is acknowledged and intercession for God's mercy requested; from Latin ("I confess")

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last word (the only one in the sentence) of the essay

—p.68 by George Steiner
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9 years, 4 months ago

last word (the only one in the sentence) of the essay

—p.68 by George Steiner
unknown
9 years, 4 months ago